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Content licensing and direct-to-consumer subscription gains helped increase WarnerMedia's fourth-quarter revenues by 15.4 percent to $9.9 billion.

In conversation with author and The New Yorker writer Ken Auletta at the Paley International Council Summit this morning, David Zaslav, the president and CEO of Discovery, Inc., discussed the pending WarnerMedia merger, the importance of scale and IP and finding success in the global streaming landscape.

HBO Max and HBO ended the third quarter with 69.4 million total subscribers, a 12.5 million gain on the year-ago period.

WarnerMedia has entered into a five-year, first-look deal with The Sopranos' David Chase.

Mia Edde has been tapped as executive director of Turkish content acquisitions at WarnerMedia, effective August 1.

WarnerMedia recorded revenues of $8.8 billion in the second quarter of this year, a 30.7 percent gain on the same period in 2020.

Licensing Expo Virtual has revealed that Pam Lifford, president of WarnerMedia Global Brands and Experiences, and Robert Oberschelp, senior VP of global franchise management and brand product for Warner Bros. Consumer Products, will deliver its opening keynote.

Warner Bros. Discovery has been unveiled as the new name of the proposed standalone global entertainment company that will emerge from the combination of WarnerMedia and Discovery assets.

Discovery and WarnerMedia are merging, with David Zaslav set to lead the combined company.

Higher direct-to-consumer and ad revenues helped to raise WarnerMedia's first-quarter revenues by almost 10 percent to $8.5 billion.